The mikeroweWORKS Foundation to Fund SkillsUSA Scholarship Program The mikeroweWORKS Foundation, the Charles Koch Foundation, and Koch Industries Inc. have teamed up to support the SkillsUSA Travel Scholarship Program, which provides funding for up to 100 students to travel to this year’s National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Mike Rowe and the mikeroweWORKS … Continued
Utah State University has announced the expansion of its Huntsman Scholar Program and the launch of the Center for Growth and Opportunity, following a $50 million joint gift from the Charles Koch Foundation and the Huntsman Foundation. The new center will explore today’s most pressing issues through economic research and student engagement, and will engage … Continued
The University of Virginia School of Law announced it will begin a project focused on improving the criminal justice system through the collection and analysis of criminal justice data. The Virginia Criminal Justice Policy Reform Project will be led by Professor Brandon Garrett, a wrongful convictions scholar, and the project’s first year of work will … Continued
The Charles Koch Foundation supports scholars and students working to understand and advance a culture that values free expression. We provide grants for research that explores free speech issues—across college campuses, in the media, through arts and culture, and within the ranks of established journalists. A new national survey, conducted by UCLA public policy professor … Continued
Today, the Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation at Saint Francis University launched a comprehensive online database on occupational licensing regulation that tracks how state regulations impact licensed professionals in the U.S. workforce. The first of its kind, this interactive database will track state regulatory barriers based on occupation, starting with medical professionals such … Continued
Today, the Charles Koch Foundation is proud to announce our sponsorship of Techdirt’s free speech initiative, alongside other foundations and organizations. This sponsorship will enable Techdirt to continue and expand its coverage of threats to free speech and the chilling efforts of those attacks. Techdirt is in the midst of a First Amendment fight for its life. … Continued
Texas A&M economist Korok Ray on how he uses fiction to teach finance—and why he’s so fascinated by innovation.
Tammy Kochel studies public perception of police—and encourages strategies to increase engagement between officers and citizens
With help from a Charles Koch Foundation grant, Professors Stephanie Crofton and Daniel Hall created an opportunity for student programmers at High Point University to develop an economics app that hundreds of students and experimental economists around the world now use. Enhancing experiential learning, the app challenges students’ understanding of economic principles and simulates how … Continued
As an immigrant from India and an expert on free enterprise, Rajshree Agarwal holds a firm belief: “America is built on the idea of production and creation.”
